Nitsch Engineering

Provides integrated and sustainable site design solutions. The practice coordinates site layout, grading models, drainage calculations, and utility layouts from early planning concepts through final construction and permitting phases.

• Due diligence and permitting strategy
• Site development advisory services
• Site utility design
• Grading and layout design
• Stormwater and drainage design
• Sustainable design and green infrastructure
• Site and utility permitting
• Peer reviews
• Expert witness services

Delivers safe and efficient infrastructure solutions for transit, bicycles, motor vehicles, and pedestrians. The work focuses on complete streets principles and green infrastructure integration to improve multimodal mobility.

• Roadway design, improvement, and permitting
• Complete streets planning and design
• Traffic signal and intersection design
• Traffic calming studies and design
• Traffic impact studies
• Recreational trail and bicycle path design
• Transportation planning
• Accessibility retrofit design
• Parking and pedestrian studies
• Site access feasibility studies
• Asset management
• Low-impact Development (LID) solutions

Provides comprehensive design, inspection, and load rating services for bridges, culverts, retaining walls, and other site structures. Projects range from initial feasibility and alternatives analysis through active construction phase services.

• Bridge and culvert design
• Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)
• Condition survey, inspection, and assessments
• NBIS bridge inspection
• In-service bridge load rating
• Site structure inspection and design (retaining walls, stairs)
• Alternatives analysis
• Construction administration

Develops nature-based stormwater management and climate resilience strategies. The multidisciplinary team integrates hydrologic modeling, vulnerability assessments, and sustainable planning to mitigate urban flooding and heat impacts.

• Resilience planning and design
• Stormwater and green infrastructure planning (nature-based solutions)
• Stormwater modeling (hydrologic and hydraulic)
• Riverine watershed modeling
• Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) planning
• Vulnerability and risk assessments
• Sustainability and resilience visioning, goal setting, and metric tracking
• Stormwater system operation and maintenance
• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Environmental permitting

Offers site, stormwater, and resilience master planning services for municipal, educational, and private clients. The process helps stakeholders translate complex physical and regulatory constraints into clear, actionable development strategies.

• Strategic site master planning (utilities, circulation, layout, accessibility)
• Stormwater, resilience, and green infrastructure planning
• Due diligence and permitting strategy
• Site development advisory services
• MVP (Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness) planning
• MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) planning
• Asset management and utility assessments
• Open space, multi-modal trail, and community path planning
• Stakeholder and community engagement

Provides high-precision geospatial and property data acquisition. Utilizing laser scanning, drone photogrammetry, and traditional survey methods, the practice delivers accurate topographic and boundary documentation to support design projects.

• Property line retracements
• Topography and utilities data accumulation
• ALTA/NSPS Title Insurance surveys
• Laser scanning and drone (UAV) surveys
• Aerial photogrammetry controls
• Bridge and infrastructure surveying
• Railroad right-of-way surveys
• Route/linear surveys
• Construction layout
• High-precision/monitoring surveys
• Exterior building surveys

Provides spatial analysis, data integration, and asset management systems. The practice supports planning and municipal clients by building informational frameworks that capture, manage, and visualize infrastructure networks.

• Data procurement, development, and integration
• Asset and infrastructure data capture and management
• Information management system development
• Environmental and planning document mapping
• Base mapping and planimetric development
• Master planning support
• Impact analysis assistance
• Natural resource and cultural resources management support
• Shoreline management plan development